Treefrog In Stonehenge

Treefrog In Stonehenge
World premiere date
Premiere location place
Durham, NC
Commissioner

American Dance Festival with support from the SHS foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund

Dancers

Paige Amicon, Kathryn Anderson, Rachelle Clark, Jonathan Doherty, Piper Dye, Lenin Fernandez, Xenja Füger, Kelsey Gerber, Julia Grubbs, Emily Jo Haenny, Mary Kate Hartung, Ben Ingel, Garret McCann, Emma Morrison, Emily Orillac, Samantha Speetjens

Understudies: Katie Burks, Caroline Carlton, Anna Hulse

Total number of dancers
16
Runtime
:20:50
Other program information

Staged by Rika Okamoto and Alexander Brady

In 1969, Tharp offered one of her first dance classes to students at the American Dance Festival. Since then, hundreds of dancers have taken master classes, attended lecture/demonstrations or learned works from Tharp's repertory, which are frequently taught in universities. Treefrog in Stonehenge brings Tharp's endeavors in dance education full circle: it is her first work choreographed for students and premiered at the American Dance Festival. 

David Kahne composed and recorded a constantly evolving soundscape that shifts in mood, rhythm and style in close coordination with the choreography. The dance combines phrases from two new technique classes - "Treefrog" and "Stonehenge" - with elements sampled from her early works. In one section, a group of dancers enters with a series of quick leaps and rolls while putting on and removing jackets, a combination of dance and pedestrian action that was first presented in Dancing in the Streets…(1969)

The piece highlights both the individual dancers' strengths and personality as well as the sense of community that is fostered in a dance class.

  • The company in PRELUDES AND FUGUES. Photo by Sharon Bradford.

  • Baker, Kelley, Coppula, Trapp in PRELUDES AND FUGUES. Photo by Ruven Afanador.

  • Twyla Tharp Dance performance in Florence, Italy. Photo by Graham 'gramilano' Spicer.

Videos
Video URL
Video Description

ADF students in rehearsal and performance.

Video Permissions

©Twyla Tharp

Treefrog In Stonehenge | St. Paul's School
St. Paul's School
Concord, NH
Treefrog (lecture and demonstration) | St. Paul's School
St. Paul's School
Concord, NH
Summer Workshop | Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
Barnard College
New York, NY
Summer Workshop | Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
Barnard College
New York, NY
Treefrog (lecture) | Barnard College
LeFrak Gymnasium
New York, NY
Treefrog In Stonehenge | Barnard College
Miller Theater
New York, NY
Winter Workshop | Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
Harlem School Of The Arts
New York, NY
Treefrog In Stonehenge (premiere) | American Dance Festival
Durham Performing Arts Center
Durham, NC
Treefrog Technique | Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Seattle, WA
Treefrog Technique | Cornish College of the Arts
Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA
Treefrog Technique | Harvard University Dance Program
Harvard University Dance Program
Cambridge, MA
Treefrog Technique | St. Paul's School - Dance Department
St. Paul's School - Dance Department
Concord, NH
Treefrog Technique | Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Treefrog Technique | New York City Center Fall For Dance Lab
New York City Center
New York, New York
Treefrog Technique | FineLine Theatre Arts
New Milford, CT
Treefrog Technique | Princeton Universoty
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Treefrog Technique | American Dance Festival
Durham, NC
Treefrog Technique | University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Treefrog Technique | Princeton Ballet School
Princeton Ballet School
Princeton, NJ
Treefrog Technique | Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Treefrog Technique | Dance Project New York
New York, NY
Treefrog Technique | Hunter College
Hunter College
New York, NY